Peter Sarstedt – PETER SARSTEDT***

I Am A Cathedral/Sons Of Cain Are Abel/No More Lollipops/Stay Within Myself/You Are My Life/Sayonara/ Where Do You Go To My Lovely/Blagged/My Daddy Is A Millionaire/Once Upon An Everyday/ Mary Jane/Time Was Leading Us Home/Many Coloured Semi Precious Easter Eggs/Time Love Hope Life

Pop singer/songwriter Peter Sarstedt enjoyed a UK chart topping hit single with his trendy name checking Where Do You Go To My Lovely. Despite this promising start his musical career turned out to be very short. (UK:8)

"Peter Sarstedt's debut album was torpedoed by its best track, the number one hit Where Do You Go To (My Lovely), an exquisite piece of baroque pop that Sarstedt would never come close to equalling again. Led by a festive accordion and a dark acoustic guitar, the song blended the reserve of early British singer/songwriters with the sophistication of Continental pop - name checking everyone from Marlene Dietrich to Sacha Distel and the Boulevard Saint Michel. Sarstedt proved his songwriting talents elsewhere on the record, but the florid arrangements and varying productions never approach the level of its best song."

"Where Do You Go To My Lovely - to this day, I am deeply moved whenever I hear this tune - so simple, so tender and so real. For those who have ever felt heartache, this song captures it beautifully. You'll struggle to recognize it, it sounds so familiar, so old but current, you'll swear you've heard it before, somewhere, another place, long ago. It's nostalgia at its best, perhaps a song that sings to the broken-hearted."

"Where Do You Go To (My Lovely) is a great song. The rest just don't match it."

"Sarstedt wrote about life with all its bitter sweetness. The songs on this album are as strong and as original as any you are likely to find anywhere. He spices his sharp insights on life with a great sense of humour and varied musical styles, though all pop/folk/rock."

"Above average UK troubadour folk-pop, in the tradition of Donovan, Al Stewart and Deram-era Cat Stevens. Delicious psychy production peppers proceedings, and overall it is quite intoxicating."

"I don't think his songs can really age as most are about the human condition, in any time."